Watford Grammar School for Boys
Hertfordshire
£33,075 - £50,471 per year
Salary:
FTE - M1 - UPS3
Job type:
Part Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
05 January 2026
Apply by:
23 September 2025
Job overview
Required for January 2026
0.5FTE Biology Teacher for Maternity Cover
M1 – UPS3 (£33,075 - £50,471 per annum)
We wish to appoint a qualified and enthusiastic Biology teacher. The role involves teaching at all levels within a dynamic, energetic department. A level teaching for a suitably experienced candidate is desirable. Examination results are good and the subject is very popular and has a high status within the school. Over 200 students study Science in the sixth form. The school has excellent science facilities including a newly built dedicated STEM block. Applications are equally welcome from experienced or newly-qualified teachers.
Further information is available on our website at Completed application forms to Ian Cooksey, Headmaster, The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS Check. The closing date for applications is 9am Tuesday 23rd September 2025.
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About Watford Grammar School for Boys
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Rickmansworth Road, Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 7JF
United Kingdom
Watford Grammar School for Boys is an academy with over 1400 students, including over 400 in the sixth form. From its origins as a charity school for 60 pupils founded by Dame Elizabeth Fuller in 1704, the boys' school moved to its present site in 1912 and became an Academy in 2010. Located next to the centre of Watford, near Cassiobury Park, it comprises of a Grade II listed building, The Clarendon Muse, The James Theatre, a dedicated STEM Centre and extensive sports facilities.
We are always seeking to improve staff wellbeing:
* Low academic curriculum contact time (80%)
* An admissions policy that prioritises children of staff
* Flexible approach to leave
* Increased holiday through disaggregation of INSET days
* Governors' contribution of £1,500 to staff common room
* Free biscuits, tea/coffee and milk
* Dining allowance for parents' evenings and INSETs
* Free flu jabs
* Cycle Scheme, bike sheds, free use of gym, free counselling service, free yoga sessions
* Cover supervisors and external invigilators employed
* Subsidised staff accommodation next to the school
* Support through Masters and Leadership Pathways
To find out more about working at the school, please visit
Mr Ian Cooksey MA (Oxon) MA (Lond) FRGS
Values and vision
Our aim is to provide an education of the highest quality to meet the individual and collective needs and aspirations for every student, guided by our school values of:
Endeavour and Excellence
Integrity and Kindness
Creativity and Individuality
Ofsted
This is a school where pupils excel. It is a remarkably friendly and welcoming school. Pupils are enthusiastic learners. They value how teachers are highly ambitious for them. Pupils rise to the challenges their teachers set them and produce high quality work. They thrive in the nurturing culture that staff have created .
View Watford Grammar School for Boys' latest Ofsted report here
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